President Donald Trump said, "over the next two weeks, we're going to find out which way it's going to go," referring to efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Trump, who was answering reporters' questions Aug. 22 in the Oval Office clarified that he'd make a decision on whether Russia needs to be punished for resisting a settlement, or whether he washes his hands of the effort.
Court of International Trade Judge Timothy Reif on Aug. 22 vacated the Commerce Department’s pause on antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia -- in place until June 6, 2024 -- after a finding that the countries' exporters were circumventing an antidumping duty on solar cells from China (Auxin Solar v. United States, CIT # 23-00274).
The Automotive Industry Action Group is alerting members that original equipment manufacturer suppliers will need to provide additional information on their supply chains' exposure to forced labor. This disclosure will occur in phases, starting in September for selected suppliers, with plans to expand that list of suppliers by mid-2026.
Postal operators in Australia and Europe reportedly are halting low-value shipments to the U.S. in response to the end of the de minimis exemption on Aug. 29 (see 2507300046).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 21 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department Aug. 21 released a notice announcing the beginning of administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with July anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by Sept. 5 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on finished carbon steel flanges from Spain (A-469-815; CBP A-470-815). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, ULMA Forja, S.Coop. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from ULMA entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for ULMA would take effect on the date that the final results of this review, due in December, are published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium (A-423-813). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Citribel nv. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Citribel entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for Citribel would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in December.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (C-475-841). Rates set in these final results will be used for final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2023.
On Aug. 20, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of: